Sandoval has bone spur in elbow, hopes to be ready Opening Day

Third baseman Pablo Sandoval has ulnar neuritis in his right elbow and also has a small bone spur, trainer Dave Groeschner said.

Sandoval had an MRI on Monday and Groeschner said it revealed the same spur that has been a chronic issue for Sandoval for several years. Sandoval dealt with a similar injury in 2009 and was sidelined for a few days, Groeschner said.

“We’re making sure we get this thing calmed down,” Groeschner said, adding that Sandoval will be reevaluated this Friday or Saturday.

Sandoval was scratched Sunday after he complained of discomfort in his right elbow following pre-game warmups. Before Tuesday’s workout, Sandoval said he feels better than he did Sunday. Sandoval, who played winter ball and represented Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, said he doesn’t need any more at-bats to prepare for opening day.

“I’m ready, but you need to take care of the elbow, too,” Sandoval said. “I’m going to do my treatment.”
Asked if he would be ready for the April 1 season opener, Sandoval smiled and shrugged. “Yeah,” he said. “I hope so.”

Groeschner said Sandoval will remain indoors for several days, getting treatment and plenty of rest. The ulnar neuritis is generally considered an overuse injury and Groeschner said that there are no current plans for Sandoval to have any kind of surgery.

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I love me the Panda, but I wonder how long of a contract he will be offered with all of the injuries he goes through.

Foothills Ryan

Sounds good enough. Thanks and welcome back Alex!

dgg

Sounds concerning to me. Hope not. Welcome back, Alex! Hope you enjoyed your time away, even at the mall.

stickman

Me, i suffer from chronic information overload. Pablo has to deal with a couple of overloads, one of them being his burning it at both ends work overload.

Hopefully, the team has a plan to couple Panda with a nutritionist who can provide many nice dishes based on tender bamboo shoots, vast quantitudes, in fact. He needs that full feeling without getting overloaded with stuffing.

Our Panda plays very hard with all that weight. I understand what extra pounds do to your skeleton…get slimmer…do better

Foothills Ryan

Glancing at the satellite, I imagine there will be some showers at AT&T. Should be a fun final. It always comes down to pitching and the DR’s pen is loaded with bulls. Puerto Rico sure hoping they can get out front early.

Angel Pagan looks ready for the season also. Sure good to see him playing well. Injuries cropping up all over baseball, WBC or not. Padres will be hurting without Chase Headley, but this will give their top hitting prospect, Jedd Gyorko, his chance.

Just a few more hours until it is all over, Mr. Clemente.

SurfCity

Thanks Alex and welcome back to the show.

Lefty

So the Panda had this bone spur problem in 2009, and Lincecum had his blister problem in 2009.

Lincecum won the Cy that year, and Pablo was a legitimate MVP candidate who almost won a batting title.

Sounds pretty good to me!

Woj

Next to Freddy Tin Man Sanchez, I cannot think of a Giant more prone to injuries and to missing games because of said injuries.

Note to Panda – see the lack of interest in Tin Man or Broken Glass Overpaid Freddy Sanchez. That’s gonna be you in a few years if you don’t get in better shape and stay healthy and get back quickly when rare! injuries pop up.

Lefty

To repeat: Other than the hamate bones–a rare injury that can only happen once–Pablo has only been on the DL once in 4 1/2 years with the Giants, his hamstring strain last year, and that was only for 2 1/2 weeks.

It’s like saying someone’s sickly because they had their appendix out (once) and their tonsils out (once).

Pablo hasn’t missed any games yet. It’s spring training, and he’s game-ready after winter ball and the WBC. He can probably use the rest (and the extra time on the stationary bike).

Foothills Ryan

The PR national anthem soundly defeats the DR national anthem.

anthillunda2nd

Some of these players are playing waaaayyyyyy too much, winter ball, gym rats, WBC, gym, season arrives and they’re spent.

Kaep is doing it big in the gym this offseason and getting me worried since never seen a QB that large.

These guys need to go enjoy some of that $$$$ without major workouts or sports. Panda just needs to become a Vegan and rest

channelclemente

I’d agree, too much baseball, especially without proper supervision.

oil can boyd

can Pence get Panda on the caveman diet?

Wineguy

Thanks Lefty.

Putting a ‘injury prone’ label on Sandoval for his types of previous injuries is absurd.

His weight around the middle is not causing bone spurs on his elbow folks…

DunUDirty

The tiny maintenance that Pablo needs seemingly every 4 months is undoubtedly connected to his weight issues. I hate hearing about it like everyone else, but I think we all can agree that when you have extra weight it causes you to overcompensate in some capacity with other aspects of your body in motion. And like krukow always says, “you don’t lose weight as you get older.” So this, as small of a thing as it is, is becoming to be a continuous trend with Pablo that is definitely concerning. It’s not a good thing to have a half dozen minor surgeries regarding joints and proximal aspects of the body. Especially when it comes to your hands and elbows, for an overweight guy who as to generate extra torque to move all that excess weight, these small things can add up to more overcompensation and major surgery down the road.

SurfCity

SCJ/Lefty, (from last thread)

Yes, it will be really interesting to see how Bogut does against San Antonio tomorrow. A few brash fans I know are calling for a win. I’m not sure that’s in the cards or not but a game against them now is a good test to see how they perform.

SurfCity

half dozen minor surgeries ?

I must have missed some.

Matthew

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Matthew

Yadier pulling a Pence move in the dugout….

ClutchUp

Woj@510: Seriously you’re comparing Pablo’s injuries to #21.? Is that an accuarte comparison?

49ers sign Browns kicker Dawson…

Matthew

We like old kickers, Clutch…. Nedney, Akers, now Dawson….Blanda next?

Andres The Forever Giant

As someone who has permanent numbness/weakness on my right side and overall poor balance/strength/coordination due to cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, along with a bone spur in my neck which exacerbated the spinal cord compression (even after surgery), I’d have that bone spur removed in the offseason if I were Pablo, while it still can be fixed. Anything that causes numbness should not be ignored!

Numb Nuts

Matthew,

You post no longer seems funny, now that mine were deleted.

Wally Pipp

Heh Heh Heh Clemente summed it up on the other side. Good J-0-B Clemente!

Matthew – KIR and PTD Kudos. Our gang up here remembers KIR’s great handle last year: “What We Are All Thinking”

That brought a chortle from the Babe, Iron Horse Lou, Satchel, Three Fingers Mordeci and Teddy Ballgame.

Salutations to Keepin It Real.

SurfCity

Hey if you’re a fan of old kickers, Wersching is available and he’s only 60-ish.

ClutchUp

Matthew…Dawson’s age?

At Least its not Len Dawson….

Matthew

He’s 38…..

Notice how AT&T is the field for celebrations in the rain???

Foothills Ryan

CC, rejoice! It is over. Let’s get on with the 162 whose bottom line is also all about shekels.

But take a moment to reflect on “Caribbean Hackers”. They can play! And they’re not all hackers.

Zito had 7K’s in 5 innings today, including a stretch of 5 batters in a row.

Lefty

Anti: Thanks for your note on the last thread.

Clutch: I appreciate your efforts to keep the discourse–how shall I say–out of the boys’ locker room. I’m a grownup and I can deal, but that doesn’t mean I enjoy it. Anyway, I do appreciate it.

Lefty

Flipping between the WBC on TV and the Giants’ game on my iPad.

Loved seeing Casilla walk Angel–I had this irrational fear he might hit him like he did poor Infante in the World Series–and I saw them smiling and hugging after the game. Angel just did a real nice interview with the MLBN guys, too.

I thought Zito looked seriously good tonight. So much better than this time last year it’s almost unbelievable. And I AM encouraged by Belt. I love the ABs he’s taking. The second hit, the double, he was behind 1-2 and looked fooled on the second strike. Last year he would have flailed or frozen at strike three. This time he calmly adjusted and absolutely smoked an oppo RBI double that almost went out. And I’ve seen that a few times–he’s staying focused even when he gets behind. I like his more upright open stance, too.

Lefty

OK, I thought I keep up pretty well on Giants’ prospects…who the heck is Bobby Haney? Just hit for the Giants in the 8th and is playing SS. ??

wine baroness

Watching the Giant’s game..

The Good:

Zito— 7 k’s in 5 innings..!!

Belt: confident and hit the c out of the ball.

Pence— hitting 3rd…hmmmmm interesting

Andres: He’s FAST !!! maybe faster than Blanco??

Runzler: in shape, confident. a lefty throwing in the 90’s.

Crawford smoked a triple off the fence…

Not so good:

All the utility infielders: valdez. tanaka, etc..brutal..watch the waiver wires…please…!!

Quiroz– makes me miss whitey, hurry up hector sanchez

Blanco– ok for a sub but no way the starting LF’er, same with gillespie. see waiver wire plea above…

Maday !! maday!! and shane Loux….brutal..

ClutchUp

Fernando Rodney “shootin the arrow” and Miggy going into the bull pen to lay out for the pop up and the Ghost of Roberto…

And now watching Roy Hobbs in the Natural waiting for our HS league opener on wWed. Nice glass of Napa’s finest and thinkin good thoughts about 48.

Tim

Go Giants

Lefty

Clutch: Good luck to you and your guys tomorrow! Hope the weather treats you kindly.

ClutchUp

We got rained on today @ practice.
Mound and HP are tarped.
Synthetic all other spots.

Should be ok but tough opponent. Tks for the shout out southpaw.

DunUDirty

Only meant half a dozen as a reference point of things soon to come. I hate all the Pablo “overweight” drama too, but at some point it starts to carry water. Especially when he has such random, nagging injuries. Just saying they add up, and extra weight never helps anything. I think the giants management has proven that they know more than any of us when it comes to judging players, and I they have expressed concern, than at some point it has to be awknowledged and respected. Whenever you’re talking bone spurs, for those who don’t know SURF a spur of any kind result from a previous injury and the bone or joint is trying to protect itself by creating a layer of s*** around it. Sometimes rest is the answer, sometimes a donjoy brace, and a lot of times surgery is required to remove the excess growth. Either way, resting
It for 10 days isn’t going to make a pre existing injury, due to overuse go away in a 162 game season. He’ll most likely get scoped before the season starts, and they’ll keep it on the down low, much like they do with ALL these types of injuries. Hence, HALF A DOZEN.

DunUDirty

And you know what? Yeah, now is the time to worry about this! The guy is batting before the MVP, so he’d better get ready for his fair share of back foot sliders, which as we all saw from Aubrey huff, if you don’t have a strong top hand (assuming Pablo’s batting lefty, which we all know is his strong suit and the majority of MLB pitchers being righty) you’re average can dip from .310 to .250 with a quickness. With pagan and scutaro at the top of the lineup, and them being on base machines, the last thing we need is a weak top handed #3 spot hitter brilliant over into a bunch of double plays. Just be concerned about pablos weight. It does matter. No ring is guaranteed and Pablo is a big part of this lineup, if not the BIGGEST part.

DunUDirty

Brilliant=rolling. I’m done.

ClutchUp

DunUDirty: that’s some heady and spot on statements.

Kudos!

giantsfan2

Just some thoughts. This is not a niners blog. Wrong site. For the record, Blanda died 3 years ago.

Spring Training games are meaningless. So what if Zito looked great and Belt is hitting with authority. I want to see what you do when season starts and for 6 months.

How many of you bloggers here are doctors? Comments about Sandoval’s weight and elbow injury have no substance.